It's not what you look at that matter. It's what you see. (H.D. Thoreau)
4 minutes reading time Any city can be a challenging place to practise mindfulness. There are many 'sense contacts' which can easily lead to a feeling of overwhelm. At the same time, a city offers wonderful opportunities to practise mindfulness. Here are some ideas. Feel the movement of walking. Feet touching the pavement. Human body …
Our eyes are a wonderful resource for mindfulness practice. Every moment of the day we have the possibility to use them for practicing. This morning I took a train from Glasgow Central Station to Edinburgh Haymarket. I wrote down examples of what my eyes could pick up on the journey. If you would like to …
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Have you heard much about the positive impacts of mindfulness and meditation but never quite understood how to practice it? Do you like the idea of meditation in theory, but find it hard to sit on a cushion by yourself? Are you curious about meditation but never really found it very enjoyable when trying it? …
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We live in a time in which rest has become a luxury. Being 'busy' for many of us has become the normal state of being, interrupted by occasional times of rest. The problem often is though, that we have become so used to busyness (either in physically doing things or thinking about things we should …
There's an obsession in our society with 'doing', often at the expense of 'being'. The habit of always DOING something carries within itself the risk that we forget how to simply BE with ourselves and our environment. In my perception, the tendency to avoid getting in touch with what IS, gets bigger and bigger in …
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